Chapter 21


    Chapter 21: The Illusionary Forest


    “Grandpa, Xue’er went off training on her own?” As soon as he returned home, Leng Ruohan hurried to


    his grandfather’s study upon hearing that Xue’er had left home to train.


    “Yes!” Leng Qingtian answered.


    “Grandpa, Xue’er has never left home since she was a child. How could you let her go alone?” Leng


    Ruohan said worriedly.


    “Ruohan, Xue’er has already grown up. Since she wants to go, shouldn’t I support her as her


    grandfather?” Leng Qingtian said helplessly. No wonder Xue’er didn’t want Ruohan to know. If he knew,


    he would have definitely followed.


    !!


    “But…”


    “Ruohan, Xue’er can take care of herself,” Leng Qingtian said firmly. To be honest, if he didn’t know


    that she had that magical bracelet where she could seek refuge when in danger, he would also be quite


    worried


    “…” Xue’er, how can you be so cruel? I love you so much, but you didn’t even tell me before you


    left? Leng Ruohanined in his head.


    “Anyways, it’s good that you’re back, Ruohan. I will be going into seclusion a few dayster. Oh, right,


    Xue’er left this for you.” Leng Qingtian took out the emerald green fruit and gave it to Ruohan.


    “What rich spiritual energy! Where did Xue’er get this? Why didn’t she eat it herself?” Leng Ruohan


    was both surprised and touched as he received the fruit.


    “Xue’er’s master gave it to her, and she still has more. She specially left one for you,” Leng Qingtian


    exined


    “Xue’er’s master? When did she have a master?” Leng Ruohan was puzzled.


    “She acknowledged a master just before leaving. Her master is very powerful, or else I wouldn’t have


    dared to let her go out alone. So you don’t have to worry about her.” Leng Qingtian knew that his


    grandson loved Xue’er even more than him, so he said this to reassure his grandson since he didn’t


    want him to worry and have it affect his cultivation.


    “Ruohan, tell the academy that you’re going to join me in seclusion. Before Xue’er left, she said that


    she hopes to see you bing a Spiritual Sovereign when she returns,” Leng Qingtian suggested. His


    grandson was already at peak Spiritual Monarch. With the fruit, it would be a piece of cake for him to


    break through to Spiritual Sovereign.


    “Alright.” Since this is what Xue’er wants, how can I let her down!


    …


    Leng Ruoxue had been flying for nearly half a month on the falcon, and she was finally nearing the


    Illusionary Forest.


    In the past half month, she had been flying during the day and resting at inns during the night. Although


    she always booked rooms, she rested and cultivated in the Heaven and Earth Bracelet.


    Three days ago, she found an uninhabited valley to advance. After the baptism of heaven and earth


    laws, she was able to reach intermediate Spiritual Sovereign and unlock the first seal of the Heaven


    and Earth Bracelet. The Heaven and Earth Bracelet gained the ability to change into any shape at will,


    and the small me lion advanced to level nine spirit beast. Even the falcon she fed with pills every day


    had promoted to intermediate spirit beast. But Baby still had no changes and was as weak as before.


    Finally here! Leng Ruoxue was excited when she saw the giant trees that shielded the forest floor from


    the sun and the green that stretched infinitely into the horizon.


    As soon as she entered Willow City, she saw the immense forest.


    Although Willow City was only a medium-sized city in the Eastern Lagoon Empire, because of the


    Illusionary Forest, it was as bustling and prosperous as any major city of the empire.


    But the prosperous city was not that attractive to her at this moment. She most wanted to enter the


    long-awaited Illusionary Forest currently. Now that she was here, how could she be willing to wait?


    After all, she was not here to sightsee.


    Leng Ruoxue came to the entrance of the forest. The sun had set, so no one was around the area. To


    be precise, no one would choose to enter the forest at night because the Illusionary Forest would


    be even more perilous. But for Leng Ruoxue, it made no difference. She had the Heaven and


    Earth Bracelet, so she could get out of any dangerous situations.


    It wasn’t free to enter the Illusionary Forest; there was an entrance fee of five hundred gold coins per


    person. Leng Ruoxue paid the money and was about to enter when the guard suddenly stopped her.


    “Miss, please wait.”


    Leng Ruoxue frowned. What does he want? Why isn’t he letting me in after I’ve paid?


    “Miss, the Illusionary Forest is extremely dangerous at night. You shoulde back during the day,”


    the young guard kindly reminded her. He didn’t want such a beautiful youngdy to be eaten by the


    spirit beasts in the forest.


    “It’s okay. I’m not afraid.” Leng Ruoxue thanked the guard and headed in.


    Although she knew that the Illusionary Forest was enormous, only when she was here, walking among


    the trees, could she truly feel the boundlessness.


    …


    She spent almost a month in the forest, but it wasn’t very fruitful. She had only seen a few high-level


    spirit beasts. Moreover, it seemed as though she was still in the periphery of the forest. During this


    time, she encountered a small mercenary team of five, from whom she inquired some information. At


    first, she was still surprised because she had read that there were many mercenary groups in the


    forest. But after almost a month, she had only met this team. They told her that it wasn’t strange for her


    not toe across anyone in the forest because it was simply too big. Many weaker mercenary groups


    did not dare to proceed too deep into the forest and wouldn’t spend the night here. Afterward, Leng


    Ruoxue declined their invitation to join their group and parted ways with them.


    Leng Ruoxue continued farther into the forest. She collected all the herbs she came across along the


    way, and she also hunted many delicious spirit beasts for food. She had already filled up several


    storage rings. s, she had too many gluttonous little spirit beasts to feed! And, well… she also liked


    to eat. Although some beasts were really cute, she clearly distinguished between food and pets.


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    Hmmm? There seems to be fighting? Her journey so far had been rather boring. She had only


    encountered that small mercenary team, and all the spirit beasts she encountered were weak and


    didn’t take much effort to deal with. Now, with the sudden sounds of intense fighting, her curiosity was


    piqued. Thus, she walked toward the source of themotion.